An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1811/1/19
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Record ID 41830
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 52v
8 Volume Henry's Britain
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: ". Original Borrower: John Gebbie.
John Gebbie
Gender: Male.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans ... By Robert Henry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans ... By Robert Henry
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799-1800. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 106 times in 102 borrowing records
ESTC: N9056
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Gebbie
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 41831
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 52v
4.th volume Burns
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Original Borrower: D Cockfield.
David Cockfield
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Painter/Limner.
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1338-1341.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 101 borrowing records
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Cockfield
Author: Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 41829
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 52v
2d Vol Burns
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 19th.. Original Borrower: W Cruickshank.
William Cruickshank
Gender: Male.
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1338-1341.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 101 borrowing records
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Cruickshank
Author: Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259673
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Volney's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Bell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries, their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Illustrated with copper plates. By M. C-F. Volney. Translated from the French. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 264 times in 197 borrowing records
ESTC: T12217
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Bell
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259730
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Peter Bonthrone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 259709
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Tennant's State of India
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
William Blair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Tennant's State of India
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Thoughts on the effects of the British government of the state of India: accompanied with hints concerning the means of conveying civil and religious instruction to the natives of that country
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1807. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Indian Recreations
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Blair
Author: William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259694
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Kennet's Antiquities
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Thomas Bisset
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Basil Kennett (Male, born 1674, died 1715)
Genre: History
Kennet's Roman Antiquities
Shelfmark: 586.
Confidence level: Speculative
Basil Kennett (Male, born 1674, died 1715)
Genre: History
Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome. In two parts, I. A short History of the Rise, Progress, and Decay of the Common-Wealth. II. A Description of the City: An account of the Religion, Civil Government, and Art of War; with the Remarkable Customs and Ceremonies, Publick and Private. With copper cuts of the Principal Buildings, &c. To which are prefix’d two essays: concerning the Roman learning and the Roman education. By Basil Kennet of C.C.C. Oxon. Dedicated to His Highness the Duke of Glocester.
Language: English . Published: London. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T82685
Basil Kennett (Male, born 1674, died 1715)
Genre: History
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Bisset
Author: Basil Kennett (Male, born 1674, died 1715), Genre: History
Record ID 259769
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Scotland v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Peter Crooks
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland vol. 5
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The beauties of Scotland, containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines and manufactures of the population, cities, towns, villages &c. of each county. Vol. 5
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808.
Number of borrowings: 3
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Peter Crooks
Author: Robert Forsyth (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259820
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259868
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259922
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Homer's Odyssey v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Geddes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Geddes
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 259979
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Pope's Odyssey v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Greig
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records
ESTC: T67134
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Greig
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 260033
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Herbert
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Thomas Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
Life of Lord Herbert
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
The life of Edward Lord Herbert, of Cherbury
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Hay
Author: Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648), Genre: Lives
Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself
Record ID 260090
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Middleton's Life of Cicero
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
William Law
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
Middleton's Life of Cicero
Confidence level: Likely
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In three volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T125495
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Law
Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives
Record ID 260114
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George McDowall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: George McDowall
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 260123
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas McCree
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas McCree
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 260207
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Adam's Antiquities
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
James Moore
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Adam (Male, born 1741, died 1809)
Genre: History
Adam's Antiquities
Confidence level: Likely
Alexander Adam (Male, born 1741, died 1809)
Genre: History
Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting their Government, Magistract, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs, Dress, Exercises, Baths, Marriages, Divorces, Funerals, Weights and Measures, Coins, Method of Writing, Houses, Gardens, Agriculture, Carriages, Public Buildings, &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics, by Explaining words and Phrases, from the Rites and Customs to which they Refer. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. The Second Edition, Considerably Enlarged.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T88395
Alexander Adam (Male, born 1741, died 1809)
Genre: History
Roman Antiquities; or, an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Moore
Author: Alexander Adam (Male, born 1741, died 1809), Genre: History
Roman Antiquities; or, an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
Record ID 260264
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Dr Adam
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
William Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Henderson (Male)
Genre: Lives
Life of Dr Adam
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Henderson (Male)
Genre: Lives
An account of the life and character of Alexander Adam, LL. D., rector of the High School of Edinburgh
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1810. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
Alexander Henderson (Male)
Genre: Lives
Account of the Life and Character of Alexander Adam
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Reid
Author: Alexander Henderson (Male), Genre: Lives
Record ID 260324
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Thomson's Works v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Robb
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: N25539
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Robb
Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 260423
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Scotland v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Henry Tod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scoltand
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The beauties of Scotland : containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures ; of the population, cities, towns, villages, &c. of each county. Embellished with engravings
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1805-1808. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 73 borrowing records
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Henry Tod
Author: Robert Forsyth (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 260429
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon v. 7
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Watson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 260486
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Sutherland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Sutherland
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Record ID 260552
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages and Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Bisset
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Modern Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
A collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 68 borrowing records
Record ID 260612
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages & Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Samuel John Borthwick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Samuel John Borthwick
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 260585
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Hugh Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Brown
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 260648
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tuckey's Voyages
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Frederick Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Tuckey's Voyages
Confidence level: Certain
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the south coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, in the years 1802
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Frederick Davidson
Author: James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816), Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Record ID 260738
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Thomson's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Hogg
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: N25539
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Hogg
Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 260726
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Hay
Record ID 260744
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages & Travels v. 28
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Record ID 260789
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages & Travels v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Kennedy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 260786
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages & Travels v. 25
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Learmonth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
Record ID 260831
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Dryden's Virgil v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Moodie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records
ESTC: T145015
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Moodie
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 260885
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 22
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Mark Sprotts
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mark Sprotts
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Record ID 260945
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Brydon's Tour v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Tytler
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Brydon's Tour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F.R.S. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 66 borrowing records
ESTC: T88892
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Tytler
Author: Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818), Genre: Travel
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 260990
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Cleland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Cleland
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 261005
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bingley's Animal Biography v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Henry Dundas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bingley's Animal Biography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal biography, or, Authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners, and economy, of the animal creation : arranged according to the system of Linnæus : in three volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1804. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 97 times in 90 borrowing records
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners and Economy, of the Animal Creation
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Henry Dundas
Author: William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners and Economy, of the Animal Creation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 261002
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bigland's Letters
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Bigland's Letters
Confidence level: Speculative
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe : exhibiting the nature, causes and probable consequences of the grand contest between Great Britain and France, and the political circumstances of the different nations which compose the European system ; with an investigation of the political and commercial importance of Egypt ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1804. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe
Record ID 261026
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 10
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Learmonth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Learmonth
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Record ID 261044
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Munro
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Munro
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 31261
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010393
Romance of the Forest 3
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1811/1/21 (Monday).
Mr John Anderson Esqr
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Tanner / Esqr.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Tanner/Currier.
Ann Radcliffe (Female, born 1764-7-9, died 1823-2-7)
Genre: Fiction
Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Ann Radcliffe (Female, born 1764-7-9, died 1823-2-7)
Genre: Fiction
The romance of the forest: interspersed with some pieces of poetry.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1791. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 82 borrowing records
ESTC: T62067
Ann Radcliffe (Female, born 1764-7-9, died 1823-2-7)
Genre: Fiction
Romance of the Forest
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1811/1/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Anderson Esqr
Author: Ann Radcliffe (Female, born 1764-7-9, died 1823-2-7), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 31262
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010393
?? Macdonalds Trav. 1
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Mr John Anderson Esqr
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Tanner / Esqr.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Tanner/Currier.
John Macdonald (Male, born c.1741)
Genre: Travel
Travels, in various parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, during a series of thirty years and upwards. By John MacDonald
Confidence level: Certain
John Macdonald (Male, born c.1741)
Genre: Travel
Travels, in various parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, during a series of thirty years and upwards.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T90551
John Macdonald (Male, born c.1741)
Genre: Travel
Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, During a Series of Thirty Years and Upwards
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Anderson Esqr
Author: John Macdonald (Male, born c.1741), Genre: Travel
Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, During a Series of Thirty Years and Upwards